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About Pat Shaul

Genealogist / Family Historian; Blog started as a record of my Grandfather's post card collection which ran for 15 months. Then, in June, 2017, I changed over to reporting and commenting on notifications from the ANCESTRY app "We're Related" I then started to provide snippets into ancestor biographies on the dates that were significant anniversaries.

Happy Birthday, Uncle George!

Posted on July 19, 2019 by Pat Shaul

It was 189 years ago, on 19 July 1830, that George H. Lee was born in Farmington, Oakland County, Michigan to Horatio and Hannah Munn Lee.  He was the fourth of twelve children for my 3 times great grandparents.  Uncle … Continue reading →

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Double Birthday Bonanza !

Posted on July 16, 2019 by Pat Shaul

On 16 July 1771, 248 years ago, my 4 times great grandfather, William Lee was born in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, to William and Eunice Hotchkiss Lee.  William married Mary Summers on 27 May 1793 and the couple had eight … Continue reading →

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5 Times Great Grandparents Munn not as cruel as previously thought…

Posted on July 11, 2019 by Pat Shaul

More searches for more records on Uncle Aashol Munn — really could not believe anyone being saddled with that name!!!  I found a copy of the Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, online at Ancestry where records for the records … Continue reading →

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What were they thinking?????

Posted on July 9, 2019 by Pat Shaul

Today, 9 July 2019, marks the 229th [1790] birthday of my 4 times great granduncle, Asahol Munn, son of Noah and Desire Hitchcock Munn.  Uncle Asahol was born in Gill, Massachusetts, the last of eight children. I have found no … Continue reading →

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Happy 275th Birthday, Grandfather White!

Posted on July 6, 2019 by Pat Shaul

Nathaniel White, Jr., my five times great grandfather, was born on 6 July 1744 in Norton,  Massachusetts, to Nathaniel and Sarah Thrasher White.  Grandfather White lived most of his life in Norton.  He met and married Mehitable Morey, daughter of … Continue reading →

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Happy 213th Birthday, Uncle George!

Posted on July 4, 2019 by Pat Shaul

George Lee, my great great great granduncle, was born on 4 July 1806, in West Bloomfield, Ontario, New York, to William and Mary Summers Lee [my 4 times great grandparents] .  He made the move west with the family to … Continue reading →

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Great Great Grandfather’s First of 4 Marriages – 159 years ago

Posted on July 3, 2019 by Pat Shaul

My great great grandfather, Wilhelm Gotthardt Gaertner, who changed his name to William G. Gardner,  came to the United States in 1854 from Klein Ingersheim, Kingdom Of Württemberg at the age of 21.  He eventually settled in Canaan, Connecticut where … Continue reading →

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119 Years Ago, She was born for such a short life.

Posted on July 1, 2019 by Pat Shaul

119 years ago, 1 July 1900, my grandfather’s sister, Olive Marie Weaver, was born to Lemuel and Effie Clarissa Lee Weaver in Southfield, Oakland County, Michigan.  Growing up we never knew that Grandpa had a sister — probably because she … Continue reading →

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Happy 370th Birthday, Grandmother Sprague!

Posted on June 29, 2019 by Pat Shaul

My 8th great grandmother, Mehitable Holbrook was born on 29 June 1649 in Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts to William and Elizabeth Pitts Holbrook.  She married Jonathan Sprague on 20 July 1670 in Providence, Rhode Island.  The couple were the parents of … Continue reading →

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Happy 188th Anniversary, Grandma and Grandpa Koontz!

Posted on June 22, 2019 by Pat Shaul

On 22 June 1831 in Stark County, Ohio, Peter Koontz and Elizabeth Derr were married.  The two were my three times great grandparents.  There were two children of this union:  Ezra Peter (1832) [my great great grandfather] and Caroline.   I … Continue reading →

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